Douglas Kearney and Cindy Juyoung Ok on Scrabble, Spite, and “Dintelligibility”

This week, Cindy Juyoung Ok speaks with Douglas Kearney, who joins from Saint Paul, Minnesota. Kearney is the author of eight books of poetry, prose, and libretti, and his poems are often highly distinctive both on and off the page. Today’s conversation begins with spite and Scrabble, which Kearney writes about in his new essay in the July/August issue of Poetry , a continuation of the “Hard Feelings” series. They also talk about the changing topographies in Kearney’s work, the “dintelligibility” of his new poems, and the vital importance of discomfort. Thanks to Douglas Kearney and Wave Books for permission to include Kearney’s reading of “Sand Fire (or The Pool, 2016)” from his book Sho , and to Fonograf Editions for permission to include clips from Douglas Kearney and Val Jeanty’s Fodder . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Douglas Kearney and Cindy Juyoung Ok on Scrabble, Spite, and “Dintelligibility” is an episode from The Poetry Magazine Podcast by Poetry Foundation.

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This episode was published on Jul 18, 2023.

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